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SELF-PORTRAIT COLLAGE – Portfolio, Shape, DetailStudents use construction paper to create a self-portrait collage on a folded piece of Bristol board to be used as a personal portfolio.
Students use construction paper to create a self-portrait collage on a folded piece of Bristol board to be used as a personal portfolio.
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Supplies:
- Crayola Construction Paper
- Crayola Scissors
- Crayola Glue Sticks
- Bristol Board - Assorted Colours
- Hole Punches
- Yarn
- Small Mirrors - 1 per student
Steps:
1
![Step 1](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/c3e91d979561ed4e14039f0bffbcfe97-stepSml.png)
- Check in a mirror to view the shape and details of your face.
- For this activity, students will create a self-portrait using a simple tracer to form the face shape. They can use easily available classroom or household items such as a plant pot, a marker tin, or any round or oval object to trace the outline of the head.
- Use the tracer to draw the shape on a piece of coloured construction paper.
2
![Step 2](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/c066682aa2fc3ab2d5a247ed52c73c7e-stepSml.png)
- Cut out the face shape.
3
![Step 3](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/c34eab04c227fe24c711475efe48c0f1-stepSml.png)
- To make the shoulders and neck fold a piece of coloured paper in half short end to short end.
- Start cutting at the outside edge opposite the fold.
- Cut up, curve across for the shoulders and then go straight up for the neck.
4
![Step 4](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/6d0e0522b3baecafa24af57e79a0e8bf-stepSml.png)
- Open it up to see what you have.
- It’s a symmetrical shape.
- Make sure the neck is not too thin.
5
![Step 5](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/cf7bcfa067930a7eae1c872eb202f84f-stepSml.png)
- Start adding details to complete the portrait.
- Remember to draw with scissors not a pencil.
6
![Step 6](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/660e7dd244ba2fb491473c38809dfe6b-stepSml.png)
- Choose a contrasting colour for the letters of your name.
- Cut out enough rectangles to make each letter of your name.
- Check to see if the rectangles will fit in your space.
- Cut out the letters with the least number of cuts possible.
- Try to visualize the shape of the letter and imagine how you could fold the paper before cutting.
- You’ll be cutting away the negative shapes.
7
![Step 7](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/e8803f203ab595af8bf352aeaffbb42f-stepSml.png)
- Place your letter on a piece of scrap paper before applying the glue.
- Place the letter in the correct spot.
- Place a clean scrap paper on top of your letter and rub the surface of the paper to stick the letter in place.
- Continue until all letters have been glued in place.
8
![Step 8](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/d55c21ffb8aa7acfb257b8de72662eea-stepSml.png)
- Use a hole punch to make holes along one short end of the folded Bristol board.
- Use yarn or ribbon to sew the Bristol board together.
9
![Step 9](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/d3ab1f3a7dde77f5fff6516dc45ddaf8-stepSml.png)
- Use the portfolio to store your works in progress and finished artworks.
Subjects:
Language Arts,
Mathematics,
Visual Arts
Grades:
Grade 1,
Grade 2,
Grade 3,
Grade 4,
Grade 5,
Grade 6,
Grade 7,
Grade 8